I HAVE NO IDEA by Melodie Johnson Howe When people find out I’m a writer they often ask where I get my ideas. I hate this question more than, “Has your book been made into a movie?” First of all, this innocent query makes me feel stupid. I have no ready answer for it. So […]

MYSTERY CULT by James Lincoln Warren On the surface, nothing seems more secular than detective fiction. You can’t exactly envision Sherlock Holmes or Philip Marlowe kneeling devoutly in church, their lips moving in prayer, although I suppose you can’t imagine Miss Marple anywhere else on a Sunday morning and keeping her reputation. Wimsey, I suppose, […]

The POWER of WORDS by Leigh Lundin My parents were farmers. My father, Beryl, was 6’4, 240 pounds, broad-shouldered, and was known for his formidable strength. Hillis was barely 5 feet tall, and while she was pretty and petite, she had the persistence and pugnaciousness of a terrier, or perhaps a holy terror. At first […]